Anthropology.net

APRIL 30, 2025

These languages, many of which still survive today, are more than means of communication—they are archaeological strata encoded in speech. While some scholars emphasize deep time depth, with separate migrations explaining the divergence, others argue for rapid diversification after a single major migration event.

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Anthropology.net

NOVEMBER 9, 2024

Recent research 1 has unveiled that multiple Denisovan populations existed, each uniquely adapted to their environments and contributing beneficial genes to various human populations through several distinct interbreeding events. Overview of the distinct Denisovan populations that introgressed into modern humans.

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MAY 1, 2025

This suggests rapid morphological shifts due to male-driven founder events and local ecological adaptation. The short, high, gracile cranial forms common in recent centuries may owe more to changes in nutrition, lifestyle, and climate than to deep ancestry. Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences , 17 (5).

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FEBRUARY 6, 2025

Our understanding of them has primarily come from archaeology—richly adorned graves, weapons, and evidence of trade. This trans-Adriatic connection aligns with archaeological evidence of extensive trade between Italy and the Balkans, where goods and cultural influences flowed freely in both directions. Ravasini et al.

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Sapiens

MARCH 5, 2024

Both positions allow for the occasional interbreeding that has resulted in a little bit of Neanderthal being present in many of us, especially those of European and East Asian ancestry. However, there are many challenges to exploring this distant time. sapiens populations later in the Upper Paleolithic.

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Anthropology.net

DECEMBER 13, 2024

Researchers from the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology have decoded 1 the DNA of seven individuals found at sites in Germany and Czechia, revealing a lineage that carried traces of Neanderthal ancestry and left behind no modern descendants. Insights into Human Evolution from Neanderthal Genomes Authors : Prüfer, K.,

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Anthropology.net

JUNE 23, 2024

Researchers have long debated when and where these mingling events occurred and whether they were isolated incidents or commonplace. The findings also offer insights into the timing of other significant events in human evolution, such as the peopling of Australia. Neanderthal and Homo sapiens reconstruction. That makes a lot of sense."

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